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A People’s History of Afghan Displacement in Pakistan
Essay, Afghanistan Sanaa Alimia 9/16/24 Essay, Afghanistan Sanaa Alimia 9/16/24

A People’s History of Afghan Displacement in Pakistan

Refugee Cities is a people’s history of Afghan displacement in Pakistan over the past 40 years. Alimia shares a new foreword to the book’s Pakistan edition with Jamhoor.

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Class Collision in India’s Automotive Industry
India, Book Review Sara Abraham 7/13/24 India, Book Review Sara Abraham 7/13/24

Class Collision in India’s Automotive Industry

“Japanese Management, Indian Resistance” recounts the battle of Indian automotive workers against a coterie of partisans to capital — from management and police to the judiciary and political elites.

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200 Years of Malaiyaha Tamil Labour in Sri Lanka
Essay, Sri Lanka SALAM & Maynmai 6/6/24 Essay, Sri Lanka SALAM & Maynmai 6/6/24

200 Years of Malaiyaha Tamil Labour in Sri Lanka

A brief history of 200 years of involuntary migration, imposed statelessness, exploitation and marginalization of Upcountry or Malaiyaha Tamil tea plantation workers.

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The Afghan Question and the Contradictions of Pakistani Identity
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Essay Zehra Hashmi 4/1/24 Pakistan, Afghanistan, Essay Zehra Hashmi 4/1/24

The Afghan Question and the Contradictions of Pakistani Identity

Recent deportations of Afghan refugees reveal the historical contradictions of citizenship and national identity in Pakistan.

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Why Should Domestic Labour be Formalised in Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, Essay Devana Senanayake 3/5/24 Sri Lanka, Essay Devana Senanayake 3/5/24

Why Should Domestic Labour be Formalised in Sri Lanka?

Even though domestic workers have supported the country during the crisis, it has failed to recognize them as workers.

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“I am a tea worker and I have the right to speak”
Bangladesh, Interview Chaumtoli Huq 1/14/24 Bangladesh, Interview Chaumtoli Huq 1/14/24

“I am a tea worker and I have the right to speak”

Interview with Khairun Akhtar, a rank-and-file tea worker, on the conditions that led to the unprecedented wildcat strike in August 2022 across tea plantations in Bangladesh.

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Sri Lanka’s Care Crisis
Sri Lanka, Essay Devana Senanayake 11/13/23 Sri Lanka, Essay Devana Senanayake 11/13/23

Sri Lanka’s Care Crisis

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has quietly devastated the lives of children, the disabled, the elderly, and their caretakers.

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“Remember the Dead, Fight For the Living” 
Bangladesh, Interview, Issue 8 Pratim Ghosal 7/28/23 Bangladesh, Interview, Issue 8 Pratim Ghosal 7/28/23

“Remember the Dead, Fight For the Living” 

Interview with labour activist Taslima Akhter on garment workers’ struggles in ten years since the Rana Plaza tragedy.

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COVID-19 Exposes Faultlines in Sri Lanka’s Apparels Sector
Sri Lanka, Essay, Issue 8 Kanchana N Ruwanpura 7/28/23 Sri Lanka, Essay, Issue 8 Kanchana N Ruwanpura 7/28/23

COVID-19 Exposes Faultlines in Sri Lanka’s Apparels Sector

The global pandemic and the national debt crisis collided to expose the claims of ethical garment production in Sri Lanka.

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Domestic Defiance: On Pakistan’s First Trade Union Federation for Home-Based Workers
Issue 8, Pakistan, Interview Zubair Ashraf 7/28/23 Issue 8, Pakistan, Interview Zubair Ashraf 7/28/23

Domestic Defiance: On Pakistan’s First Trade Union Federation for Home-Based Workers

A conversation with Zehra Khan, a trade unionist and founder of Pakistan’s first trade union for home-based women workers.

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Labour Qaumi Movement: Organizing at the Margins of the 21st Century Workforce
issue 8, Pakistan, Essay Umair Rasheed 7/28/23 issue 8, Pakistan, Essay Umair Rasheed 7/28/23

Labour Qaumi Movement: Organizing at the Margins of the 21st Century Workforce

Tracing the evolution of one of Pakistan’s most successful textile labour unions through radical action against the united onslaught of state and capital.

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Fighting the Sweatshop Regime: A Conversation with Alessandra Mezzadri
India, Interview, Issue 8 Mihika Chatterjee 7/28/23 India, Interview, Issue 8 Mihika Chatterjee 7/28/23

Fighting the Sweatshop Regime: A Conversation with Alessandra Mezzadri

The sweatshop regime will only be dismantled by mobilizing around—and transforming—work-spaces, life-spaces, and workers’ health in a holistic sense.

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